# fruiting

Pronunciation: say "FROOT-ing" US /ˈfɹutɪŋ/, UK /ˈfɹuːtɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of fruit. — present participle and gerund of fruit
   - Simple: Present participle of fruit. Use this form when talking about a plant making fruit right now.
   - _Several of the older vines are finally fruiting again._
   - _The fig tree began fruiting much earlier than expected this season._

## Noun

2. Fructification, the stage or process in which a plant or fungus bears fruit, seeds, or spores.
   - Simple: The making of fruit, seeds, or spores by a plant or fungus.
   - _Botanists tracked the fruiting of several oak populations to study climate effects._
   - _Abundant rainfall encouraged early fruiting across the vineyard._
3. The spore-bearing structure produced by a fungus or similar organism, such as a mushroom or bracket.
   - Simple: The part of a fungus or a similar living thing that makes spores, like a mushroom.
   - _The biologist cataloged every fruiting she found along the rotting log._
   - _Bracket fungi form woody fruitings that can persist for years on a tree trunk._
4. The occurrence of unsynchronized, uncorrelated false replies received by a secondary radar from transponders responding to other interrogators.
   - Simple: Unwanted radar replies from aircraft answering other stations, which can confuse a radar's display.
   - _Dense traffic over the hub produced constant fruiting on the approach radar._
   - _The system's defruiter suppresses fruiting before the returns reach the display._

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